NEW: Trump told an ally this week that he wanted “to brand” the FBI informant as a “spy,” believing the more nefarious term would resonate more in the media & with the public. He went on to debut the term “Spygate” on Wednesday.

.@secupp: "We appear to be trending in a direction where there are two parties in this country: There's the party of progressives and the party of Trump, and that leaves a lot of people in the middle who are locked out of the conversation." https://t.co/dGG8AtdXcy

When Trump unexpectedly won the election, Clapper goes on, "the Russian internet troll factory scrambled to stop its #DemocracyRIP social media campaign, set to run from its fake accounts on Twitter and Facebook" Clapper's new book "Facts and Fears": https://t.co/bpmfAFGoqphttps://t.co/92iG5yFsZD

"that may actually be in violation of that statute that requires the Congress, not one party in Congress, fully and currently informed .... the statute is very clear" - @GenMhayden on the DOJ, FBI briefing w/ GOP lawmakers on the informant w/ @NicolleDWallacepic.twitter.com/eScYeXhjE2